Manually-actuated action for firearms



D. 4za, 1,922. 1,440,332

c. A. BAUNGER. MANUA AcuArED AcrloN Fon FIREARMS.

ILED JULY l5. 1921.

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tintin CHARLES n. IBRAUNGEE, 0E ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNon on ONE-nerr To l JAMES. HENRY'PRUITT, OF CISSNA PARK, ILLINOIS.

MANUALLY-ACTUATED ACTION FOR FIREARMS.

Application filed iuiy 15,

To @ZZ whom it may concern: l j

Be it known that I, Cr-rAnLEs A. BRAUNGER,y a citizen of the United States, and a resi-k dent of Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Manually-Actuated Acytion for Firearms, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact'description. .i

This invention'relates to manually actu-1- atedl action primarily designed for use in firearms. j

The object of this invention is to produce a'manually actuated action of simple construction, having few parts, which gives positive action. f

This and other objects of the invention will be lmorel clearly understood from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a cross section through a mis-A sile throwerl showing the manually actuated action as applied to this device; and

Figure 2 is a cross section through the manually actuated action showing the ham-v mer about to be released.

Referring to the above-mentioned drawings, a recoil tube 10 is slidable on the block 11 to which the hand grip casing 12 is connected. This recoil tube 10 is provided with a slot 41 so that it may slide. on the lblock 11. An opening 13 is provided in the block 11. A `iring pin 14 having an enlarged head 15 extends through the opening 13 in the block 11 and through an opening 1G in the project-ion 17 on the recoil tube 10 which is in alinement with the opening 13. These openings 13 and 16 serve. as bearings for the firing pin 149. An opening 18, which is in alinement with the opening 13, serves as a slideway for the head l5 of the firing pin 14C. Mounted in the continuation of the opening 18 is a piston 19 which is controlled by a spring 2O that abuts against a cap 21 mounted on the recoil tube 10.

A trigger 22 which has an enlarged upper portion 23 is pivoted in the casing at 24. The trigger has the usual trigger guard 25 which is integral with the hand grip casing 12. SlidablF mounted in an opening 26 in the enlarged7 portion 23 of the trigger is a latch 27. Located in the opening 26 and co-operating with the latch 27 to normally hold it pushed outward is a spring 28. The head portion of the latch 27 has an archshaped face 29. A seat is cut in thelen- 192i; semi m1485957.

f larged portion 23 ofthe trigger and upon thisseat the head ofthe latch 27 slidesand prevents binding of rthe'latchvas it slides' back and forth in the opening 26..v

A hammer() ispivoted in the casing l12 lits in between the head 15 of thev firing pinv 14 and the piston 19 which slides in the extension ofthe opening 18.4 The upper end 4.of this hammer iscurved so that 'it will slide on the piston 19 `as it is drawn back during the cooking` action. A projection 32k ywhich is `integral. with the hammer nor- Inally engages with the curved face 29 Vof" the latch 27. A projection 33 integral with the hammer and extending downward vis 34 of the spring slides when the hammer is engaged. by an arm 34 of a spring .which is f rotatedabout its Vpivot 'point -31. TheV arm#v 37 of the spring engages in a slot 38 cut in the portion 23 of the trigger. This arm 37 of the spring tends to rotate the finger portion 22 of the trigger forward and normally holds it in contact with the front wall of the slot 39 in which it moves.

The operation of this device is as follows:

The finger portion 22 of the trigger is drawn backward, as shown in Figure 2, thus rotating the latch 27 about the pivot k24. As the latch 27 is in Contact with the projection 32 of the hammer 30, the hammer is rotated about the pivot point 31. This cockn ing action of the hammer 3() forces the piston 19 backward thus energizing the spring 20. The projection 32 slides along the face 29 of the latch 27 and nally when the cocking action is completed the projection 32 slides olf the arc-shaped face l29 and the hammer is released. The springs 2O and 34 rotate the hammer forward, striking the firing pin 14 which was drawn backward during the cooking action of the hammer. The latch 27 when it is released from the projection 32 is forced outward by the spring 28 and comes in contact with the arcshapedface 40 of the hammer 30. TWhen the trigger is released it is rotated about the pivot point 24. by the arm 37 of the springand the latch 27 slides along the face 40. Upon the trigger reaching its normal forward position the latch 27 is projected 60 at 31. .Thishammer extends upward and downward and engages the projection 32. The parts are now in position for a repetition of the cooking and firing movements.

This action has been shown and described in conjunction with a missile thrower but the action might be applied to a variety of firearms and other devices which areoperated by a manually actuated action'of this type. Many modifications might be made in the shape of the dilerent parts.

Claims:

l. In combination with a missile thrower including a. tiring pin, a'manually'actuated action comprising a spring-controlled pivoted trigger, a spring-controlled pivoted hammer, a spring-controlled reciprocating latch in conjunctionwith the `trigger which holds the latter in engagement with the hammer during the cocking` action and which.

releases them on the completion of thersaid action, a spring having two arms, one cooperating with ther hammer the other the trigger to returnboth to their Vnormal posi.` tions, and an auXiliary-springito increase the force of the tiring motion of the hammer..

2. In firearms, a manually actuated action comprising a casing, a hammer and a trigger pivotally mounted'in the casing a spring secured to the casing and interposedhetween the triggerand hammer for retaining them in their normal positions and ready for the cooking1 action, and a springlcontrolled latch slidably. mounted on the trigger to move in the plane of movement of the trigger, said latch engaging the hammer during the cocking action and releasing it for the firing stroke. 4

A manually actuated action comprise ing a casing, a trigger pivotally mounted in the casing, a latch slidably mounted on the trigger to move in the plane of movement of the trigger, a hammer pivotally mounted in the casing, means for retaining the ham mer and trigger in their normal positions ready for the cooking action, and means for projecting the latch into engagement .with the hammer to associate the trigger and hammer during ythe cooking action, said latch being released. from the hammer for the firing stroke.

4. In firearms, a manually actuated actionV comprising a casing, a trigger having a shoulder formed thereon pivotally mounted' in the casing, a hammer having a projection formed thereon pivotally mounted in the casing, a latch slidably mounted on said trigger shoulder and 4movable in the plane CHARLESy A. BRAUNGER. 

